Cytogenetic Characteristics of Crocidura suaveolens, Crocidura leucodon, Sorex raddei (Mammalia: Eulipotyphla) from Turkey: Constitutive Heterochromatin Distribution

In this study, heterochromatin distribution in the chromosomes of five small mammals of three different species (Crocidura suaveolens, C. leucodon, Sorex raddei) from four different localities of Turkey were inestigated by using standard karyotype and C-banding method. Crocidura suaveolens karyotype included 2n=40 chromosomes, fundamental number of autosomal arms (NFa)= 46, X=submetacentric (SM), Y=acrocentric (A); Sorex raddei karyotype was 2n=36, NFa=66, X=A, Y=A; Crocidura leucodon karyotype was 2n=28, NFa= 46, X=SM, Y=A. C-banding heterochromatin distribution in C. suaveolens, C.leucodon, S. raddei karyotypes was reported in this study for the first time in Turkey populations